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Jimbo_Wales guru and former dictator co-founder/administrator trustee of Wikimedia Foundation

Jimmy (Jimbo) Wales St.Petersburg, Florida, USA born:1966-08-07

BradPatrick former general counsel interim executive director (resigned 2007-03-31)

Bradford (Brad) A. Patrick Tampa, Florida, USA formerly with Fowler White Boggs Banker born:1969-01-31

Raul654 administrator bureaucrat, former arbitrator checkuser, oversight

Mark A. Pellegrini engineering grad student, University of Delaware, USA born:1982-06-19

David_Gerard administrator checkuser, oversight press contact

David Gerard Walthamstow, London, UK came from the punk scene in Australia; many anti-Scientology posts, beginning in 1996 on Usenet

Phil_Sandifer aka Snowspinner administrator

Philip Sandifer grad student in English Dept., University of Florida, USA

Ryan_Delaney aka Malathion administrator

Ryan Patrick Delaney student at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA born:1983-07-24

Angela administrator, bureaucrat former trustee, Wikimedia Foundation co-founder, Wikia, Inc.

Angela Beesley Brunswick West, Victoria, Australia born:1977-08-03

Mindspillage administrator trustee of Wikimedia foundation former arbitrator

Kathleen (Kat) Walsh Herndon, Virginia, USA born:1982-10-16

Tim_Starling administrator bureaucrat developer

Tim Starling physics grad student, U. New South Wales, Melbourne, Australia born:1981-04-29 his girlfriend is Angela Beesley

Tony_Sidaway aka Minority_Report former administrator

Tony Sidaway aka Sherilyn Sidaway London, United Kingdom many anti-Scientology posts, beginning in 1995 on Usenet

Thebainer aka Bainer administrator checkuser, oversight former arbitrator

Stephen Bain student, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

TimShell administrator former trustee, Wikimedia Foundation

Timothy Robert Shell Las Vegas, Nevada, USA CEO of Bomis, which he co-founded with Jimmy Wales in 1996 born:1968-05-05

Will_Beback aka Willmcw aka User2004 administrator

William (Will) F. McWhinney Los Angeles, California, USA Will Jr. is prominent in the local Sierra Club; his father (1929-2007) was a psychologist at Enthusion, Inc., Venice, California, USA born:1963

Dmcdevit administrator checkuser, oversight former arbitrator

Dominic McDevitt-Parks from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, Reed College '09, Portland, Oregon age:26

Fred_Bauder administrator former arbitrator

Fred J. Bauder Crestone, Colorado, USA born:1942-06-19

Gamaliel administrator

Robert (Rob) Fernandez Tampa, Florida, USA

Morven administrator checkuser, oversight former arbitrator

Matthew Jude Brown Anaheim, California, USA works as a sysop for Univ. So. California age:40

RoyBoy administrator

Dan Gorski Dundas, Ontario, Canada

Jayjg aka Jay administrator former checkuser, oversight former arbitrator

John Doe #22 New York or Canada works in management age:in his 40s(?)

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Mackensen administrator, former arbitrator checkuser, oversight

Charles Fulton Kalamazoo College, ' 05 Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Zscout370 aka Zach administrator

Zachary K. Harden Oceanside, California, USA born:1986-05-29

Eloquence deputy director, Wikimedia Foundation administrator, developer former trustee, Wikimedia Foundation

Erik Moeller San Francisco, California, USA originally from Berlin, Germany age:33 Angela Beesley is an ex-girlfriend

JzG administrator

Guy Chapman Reading, United Kingdom born:1964

Jdforrester aka James F. administrator former arbitrator

James David Forrester London, United Kingdom born:1983-03-31

Jareth aka Shell_Kinney administrator arbitrator

Michelle Kinney Akron, Ohio, USA born:1975-02-21

Modemac administrator

Eric Walker Quincy, Massachusetts, USA age:44

Jpgordon administrator, former arbitrator checkuser, oversight

Joshua (Josh) P. Gordon Las Vegas, Nevada, USA born:1954-05

Shanel administrator steward

Shanel Kalicharan Mississauga, Ontario, Canada McMaster University '10 born:1988-11-13

Anthere administrator former board chair, Wikimedia Foundation

Florence Nibart-Devouard Clermont-Ferrand, France born:1968-09-10

(does not edit) former trustee, Wikimedia Foundation former treasurer, Wikimedia Foundation chief operating officer, Wikia, Inc.

Michael E. Davis St.Petersburg, Florida, USA former CEO of Chicago Options Associates, where Jimmy Wales was a trader

Michael_Snow administrator started The Wikipedia Signpost board chair, Wikimedia Foundation

Michael Adam Snow Kirkland, Washington, USA born:1974-01-22

FloNight administrator checkuser, oversight former arbitrator

Sydney L. Poore Georgetown, Kentucky, USA born:1958-05

(does not edit) CEO of Wikia, Inc.

Gil Penchina formerly with eBay age:43

Adam_Bishop administrator

Adam Bishop Toronto, Ontario, Canada born:1980-08-14

Voice_of_All administrator

Jason Schulz aerospace engineering major, Ohio State University born:1987-04-05

Sj administrator steward

Samuel Klein Boston, Massachusetts, USA Harvard student age:34

Theresa_knott administrator former arbitrator

Theresa Knott London, United Kingdom born:1967-03-10

Mark aka Mark_Ryan administrator IRC bouncer

Mark Ryan Perth, Australia born:1985-01-28

Zocky administrator

Zoran Obradovic Ljubljana, Slovenia born:1973-06-08

Bogdangiusca administrator

Bogdan Giusca Bucharest, Romania born:1983-05-20

NicholasTurnbull administrator

Nicholas Turnbull West Sussex, United Kingdom age:25

Brion_VIBBER administrator chief technical officer

Brion L. Vibber San Francisco, California, USA originally from Santa Ana, California, USA born:1978-12-01

Charles_Matthews administrator former arbitrator

Charles R. Matthews Cambridge, United Kingdom PhD in mathematics, 1978

Tawker administrator

Andrew Wallwork aka Andrew Phillips Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada age:25

AmiDaniel administrator

Dan Cannon Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA born:1988-08-13

Matt_Crypto administrator

Matthew Russell grad student in computer science, University of York, United Kingdom age:33

Slowking_Man administrator IRC bouncer

Christopher Larberg Moreno Valley, California, USA born:1988-01-04 "Christian, Eagle Scout, right-wing"

Future_Perfect_at_Sunrise sockpuppet: LukasPietsch administrator

Dr. Lukas Pietsch multilinguist, University of Hamburg Germany

Makemi aka Mak aka Makwik administrator

Magdalen (Maggie) Kadel New York, New York, USA age:31

Essjay administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, oversight, arbitrator, community manager at Wikia resigned under pressure 2007-03-03

Ryan Jordan near Louisville, Kentucky, USA age:30 Essjay claimed two PhDs and a tenured faculty position on his Wikipedia user page. This was repeated in The New Yorker. It was all bogus.

JoshuaZ former administrator

Joshua (Josh) B. Zelinsky Yale, class of 2007 New Haven, Connecticut, USA born:1983-09-14

Ral315 administrator former editor, The Wikipedia Signpost

Ryan A. Lomonaco Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA born:1990-03-15

Sandstein administrator

Thomas M. Fischer, MLaw Bern, Switzerland age:in his 20s

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Seraphimblade administrator

Todd M. Allen near Seattle, Washington, USA born:1979-05-12

Chairboy administrator

Benjamin F. Hallert Springfield, Oregon, USA age:36

Durova former administrator

Lise Diane Broer San Diego, California, USA born:1968-09-10

SlimVirgin aka Slim aka Sarah administrator

Linda Mack aka Sarah McEwan Alberta or Saskatchewan, Canada born: circa 1961 Linda Mack worked for Pierre Salinger at ABC News, London (1989-1991). He fired her when he felt that she was working with MI5 to undermine the Lockerbie investigation.

Sue_Gardner executive director, Wikimedia Foundation hired 2007-07

Sue Gardner San Francisco, California, USA formerly with Canadian Broadcasting Corp

Mikegodwin former general counsel administrator hired 2007-07, resigned 2010-10

Mike Godwin formerly with Electronic Frontier Foundation San Francisco, California, USA born:1956-10-26

Bastique administrator volunteer coordinator, Wikimedia Fndn hired 2007-04

Cary Michael Bass San Francisco, California, USA born:1966-12-28

Swatjester administrator

Daniel G. Rosenthal Palm Beach Gardens, Florida and Washington DC, USA born:1983-04-22

(does not edit) substantial contributor, Wikimedia Foundation

Roger B. McNamee co-founder and director, Elevation Partners Menlo Park, California, USA venture capitalist born:1956-05-02

Effeietsanders administrator steward

Lodewijk Gelauff undergrad, Leiden University Westland, Netherlands born:1987

KillerChihuahua administrator, OTRS, Mediation Committee

Tracy E. Walker Merritt Island, Florida, USA born:1962-07-07

Bearian administrator

Brian E. Logan Albany, New York, USA teaches law at Bryant & Stratton born:1964-12-14

Rockpocket administrator

Darren Logan San Diego, California, USA researcher at Stowers Lab, scripps.edu

Wimt aka Will aka Will T administrator IRC bouncer

Will Thompson Norwich, United Kingdom pre-med student at University of Cambridge born:1987-05-31; domain:userwimt.com

FT2 aka WilkoBilko aka TBP administrator, checkuser, oversight, former arbitrator

Paul Sinclair Sinclair Associates Corsham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom age:46

Rlevse administrator, arbitrator, bureaucrat, checkuser

Randy Lee Everette Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA born:1957-11-16

Gwen_Gale administrator

Heidi Wyss Geneva, Switzerland born:1975

Kylu aka Lilewyn aka JBarrett aka Jessica Barrett steward

Jason C. Honan Indianapolis, Indiana, USA born:1975-01-29

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Cool_Hand_Luke administrator arbitrator

Frank Bednarz University of Utah, 2004, USA University of Chicago Law School age:31

Consumed_Crustacean administrator

Brady Brenot Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Manitoba '10 age:21

LadyofShalott aka Aleta administrator

Aleta V. Turner Athens, Georgia, USA age:39

Newyorkbrad administrator arbitrator

Ira Brad Matetsky partner, Ganfer and Shore, LLP New York, New York, USA born:1962-05-28

Sam Blacketer aka Dbiv aka Fys administrator former arbitrator

David Boothroyd City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom born:1972-11-09

Jehochman administrator

Jonathan Evan Hochman e-marketing consultant West Hartford, Connecticut, USA born:1968-07-13

Pathoschild administrator steward, checkuser

Jesse Plamondon-Willard Montreal, Quebec, Canada born:1986-06-08

Juliancolton administrator

Julian Colton Verbank, New York, USA born:1993-12-26

Coffee administrator

Chet B. Long Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, USA born:1991-12-04

Jennavecia aka LaraLove former administrator OTRS

Lara Taylor Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA born:1982-08-16

Kotniski editor

Dr. John Catlow Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Information Systems, Institute of Linguistics, Adam Mickiewicz Univ. Poznan, Poland

Risker administrator, arbitrator checkuser, oversight

Anne M.B. Clin Risk Management Specialist Humber River Regional Hospital Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Wehwalt administrator

Gary M. Greenbaum, attorney Fairfax, Virginia, USA born:1963-03-13

SirFozzie administrator, arbitrator checkuser, oversight

David M. Yellope Franklin, Massachusetts, USA born:1974-08-18

Mailer_diablo administrator arbitrator, oversight

Kenneth Kua aka Keat Hou Kua Singapore planetkh.com born: circa 1988

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Hersfold administrator arbitrator, checkuser

Brett Reynolds, undergrad University of Maryland, Baltimore County Catonsville, Maryland, USA age:23

Jayron32 administrator

Jason R. Remy Garner, North Carolina, USA high school teacher born:1976-08-30

Lar aka Larry administrator, checkuser bureaucrat, steward, OTRS

Lawrence O. Pieniazek Ada, Michigan, USA born:1959-05-14

Moreschi administrator

Andrew Sabisky student, Collingham College London, United Kingdom born:1991

Mike.lifeguard steward, checkuser Wikibooks administrator

Mike Trites Riverview, New Brunswick, Canada born:1981-01-28

GlassCobra administrator

Alex Sawczynec student, Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts, USA born:1987-06-18

Protonk administrator

Adam Hyland economics grad student, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Rebecca aka Ambi, aka Ambivalenthysteria former administrator, former checkuser former oversight, former arbitrator

Rebecca Leighton birth name: David law student at ANU, Canberra, Australia born:1986-03-08

Balloonman administrator

Porter Broyles Houston, Texas, USA born:1968-12-10

Tanthalas39 administrator

Daniel A. Zatkovich Phoenix, Arizona, USA born:1975-01-11

Kingturtle administrator bureaucrat

Oliver Cashman-Brown PhD student, Warner School of Education University of Rochester Rochester, New York, USA www.kingturtle.com; age:46

Star_Mississippi aka Travellingcari administrator

Carianne Carleo-Evangelist New York City, New York, USA www.travellingcari.com born:1979-11-23

SoWhy administrator

Alessandro Fuschi Munich, Germany blog.sowhy.de age:28

Keegan administrator

Keegan P. Peterzell Knoxville, Tennessee, USA born:1981-07-03

EVula administrator, OTRS oversight, bureaucrat

Eric Ventress Nashville, Tennessee, USA eric.evula.com born:1983-03-17

Master_of_Puppets administrator

Borjan Babic Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada born:1991-07-01

Either_way aka Metros232 aka Metros administrator

Steven E. Delaney Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, USA born:1985-12-19

J.delanoy administrator checkuser

Jon Delanoy Binghamton, New York, USA born:1990

Thingg administrator

Mark Delanoy Binghamton, New York, USA Jon's little brother

WJBscribe administrator, bureaucrat, OTRS former chair, Mediation Committee

William J. Boddy London, United Kingdom Cambridge, '05

Killiondude aka Onewayout12 administrator

Brandon Killion Woodland, California, USA born:1989-12-14

Versageek administrator checkuser

Elizabeth (Liz) A. Kilpatrick New Haven, Connecticut, USA lizk.tripod.com; born:1952-07-01 husband: Jeff Kilpatrick, born:1975-02-19

Chillum aka HighinBC administrator

Ryan Bushby Victoria, British Columbia, Canada born:1977-11-05

Daniel administrator Meta bureaucrat, OTRS

Daniel Bryant Adelaide, South Australia, Australia born:1990-02-27

Wizardman administrator arbitrator, oversight

Daniel R. Tylicki Parma, Ohio, USA student, Baldwin-Wallace College born:1988-01-20

Chase_me_ladies,_I'm_the_Cavalry administrator

Richard Symonds England, United Kingdom born:1986-06

Steve_Smith aka Sarcasticidealist administrator oversight, arbitrator

Steve Smith law student, University of New Brunswick Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada age:30

Kirill_Lokshin administrator, checkuser oversight, arbitrator

Kirill Lokshin Rockville, Maryland, USA born:1985

The_undertow aka Law former administrator

Gerry (Chip) S. Kochendorfer Mission Viejo area, California, USA tax accountant born:1975-06-20

Nihiltres administrator OTRS

Michael Frank Pointe Claire, Montreal, Quebec, Canada born:1989-03-16

Coren administrator, arbitrator checkuser, oversight

Marc-André Pelletier aka Marc A. Pelletier Linux sysadmin, www.uberbox.org sysadmin, gai-eros.org (porn site) Montreal area, Quebec, Canada age:43

BD2412 administrator

Bruce D. Abramson San Francisco, California, USA www.bdabramson.com born:1963-12-31

Tiptoety administrator, checkuser

Tyler Van Wormer Ashland, Oregon, USA age:22

Geni administrator

John Doe #20 United Kingdom student

Jclemens administrator, checkuser former arbitrator

Jonathan Paul Clemens DuPont, Washington, USA www.jclemens.org born:1971-04-25

Scottywong administrator edit filter manager

Scott C. Wieser Portland, Oregon, USA employed at Biamp Systems born:1980-01-02

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